Baltimore Orioles catcher James McCann is not in the lineup for Thursday's series opener against right-hander Aaron Civale and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Adley Rutschman will catch for Kyle Bradish and Anthony Santander will start at designated hitter while McCann moves to the bench. Aaron Hicks will start in right field and Cedric Mullins will man the middle of the outfield.
numberFire’s models project Rutschman ($3,300) for 8.8 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Orioles' implied total is 4.23 and the game total is 8.0. Civale has a 2.96 ERA and 3.62 xERA this season, with a 35.6% hard-hit rate, 21.4% strikeout rate, and 6.5% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com